Google's a word? - Page 2

DaMoUsYs · 08-26-2004, 07:45 AM

cool
i didn't knew that it's a word

stevewise · 08-26-2004, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xorht

i thought google already meant a million millions? or is it a thousand millions? or is it a thousand billions? ahh i forget. but i thought google meant some really big number, and thats why they called it google. because they could search up tons and tons of websites, more than yahoo, lycos, and altavista combined.

Yeah I heard that before I even heard of google.com. I always thought a google meant a 1 with one-hundred 0s on the end.

antioco2003 · 08-26-2004, 08:54 AM

You're talking about the number invented by a mathematician named Edward Kasner:

"The american mathematician Edward Kasner once asked his nine-year-old nephew to invent a name for a very large number, ten to the power of one hundred; and the boy called it a googol. He thought this was a number to overflow people's minds, being bigger than anything that can ever be put into words. Another mathematician then shot back with Googolplex, and defined it to be 10 to the power of Googol, proving poor old Edward wrong in an instance."

The link to page I took this extract from:

Code:

http://www.fpx.de/fp/Fun/Googolplex/

stevewise · 08-26-2004, 09:01 AM

yeah theat's the googol im thinking of... so is that word also in the dictionary?

Eric · 08-26-2004, 12:04 PM

Google is a verb, -
To search for information in the popular search engine google.

Excerpted from www.urbandictionary.com

tntcheats · 08-26-2004, 08:47 PM

EVERYTHING is a verb, that is a noun.

"I'm going to vase you" - I'm going to hit you with a vase, or throw a vase at you.

"I'm going to knife you" (popular on Counter-Strike)

etc.

tubaman93 · 08-26-2004, 09:19 PM

Yeah that's true in some cases.

intelliot · 08-26-2004, 09:52 PM

Not always

It seems popular to "verb" stuff today but that hasn't always been the case. Take a noun, say, "car". I'm going to car you -- simply doesn't make sense.

nazgulking929 · 09-26-2004, 06:01 PM

Google is also a number.

tjoyce · 09-29-2004, 05:45 PM

Once upon a time, I asked a teacher what makes a word become "a word"...according to her, "Any speech or writing someone says or writes becomes a word." So anything is a word...Google is a noun, googol is an adjective.

08-26-2004, 08:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
antioco2003 Master Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You're talking about the number invented by a mathematician named Edward Kasner: "The american mathematician Edward Kasner once asked his nine-year-old nephew to invent a name for a very large number, ten to the power of one hundred; and the boy called it a googol. He thought this was a number to overflow people's minds, being bigger than anything that can ever be put into words. Another mathematician then shot back with Googolplex, and defined it to be 10 to the power of Googol, proving poor old Edward wrong in an instance." The link to page I took this extract from: Code: http://www.fpx.de/fp/Fun/Googolplex/

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Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Google is a verb, - To search for information in the popular search engine google. Excerpted from www.urbandictionary.com

08-26-2004, 08:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
tntcheats Master Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cananada Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	EVERYTHING is a verb, that is a noun. "I'm going to vase you" - I'm going to hit you with a vase, or throw a vase at you. "I'm going to knife you" (popular on Counter-Strike) etc.

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tubaman93 Googler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 70 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah that's true in some cases.

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intelliot Google Guru Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,527 Thanks: 15 Thanked 60 Times in 28 Posts	Not always It seems popular to "verb" stuff today but that hasn't always been the case. Take a noun, say, "car". I'm going to car you -- simply doesn't make sense.

09-26-2004, 06:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
nazgulking929 Noogle Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: PPFFFFT! You'll need a location finding machine to know that! Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Google is also a number.

09-29-2004, 05:45 PM	#20 (permalink)
tjoyce Junior Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Once upon a time, I asked a teacher what makes a word become "a word"...according to her, "Any speech or writing someone says or writes becomes a word." So anything is a word...Google is a noun, googol is an adjective.

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